Jonas Aryee

Jonas Aryee's professional background includes shipping, maritime education & training, and policy-making in the west African, South African, and UK transport sectors. He obtained his MSc in transport & maritime economics and PhD from the University of Antwerp, Belgium and the Aarhus University, Denmark, in 2011 and 2023.

His research is focused on the socio-technical systems within the maritime industry. He has collaborated with colleagues from the University of Aarhus and the University of Ghana to win two grants from the Danish Foreign Ministry in 2019 and 2021. The grants facilitated research on port efficiency and public-private capacity (PEPP I) in the port of Tema in Ghana. The research further emphasised the port service economy, digitalisation, and capacity building. He is currently on the verge of concluding research from the second grant (PEPP II)-https://projects.au.dk/pepp-ii- from the Danish Foreign Ministry. This research focused on the development of sustainability, gender, and the port cluster. Throughout both projects, he has actively engaged with practitioners and policymakers and contributed to discussions on relevant issues in the African port sector. He has disseminated his research in Denmark, Ghana and the Netherlands through conferences, workshops and interviews.

As a host of the African Transportation Convos podcast, he advocates for equitable transportation practices to help alleviate poverty. He engages in discussions with policymakers, technopreneurs, logisticians, industry professionals and other stakeholders to gain insight and share knowledge with those responsible for implementing meaningful change. He is passionate about brainstorming sessions, reading and watching biographies, writing, and mentoring.